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    If all fails, I think Atlanta should even consider trading Okongwu and Gallo for Sabonis and a expiring filler from a 3rd team. Atlanta needs a legit 5 who can post up and draw double teams at a good clip, he can finish with either hand, he can pass it so when the double comes, JC who's always moving is a threat. He's great at PnR screening and finishing. I think he would end those lulls we go through offensively when teams try to stop our engine. I know trading Okongwu is probably a bad idea but we need an offensive star more than defensive star with Trae that's a big. Trae can carry a team but he needs someone that can force the defense to suck in. That's how we go from great offensive rating to elite offense that works in the RS or playoffs and I think this will make us closer to a very good team. We will always be lethal in the playoffs because Trae elevates his defense.
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    Chuck was right. We played against the COVID-sped up superteam in the Knicks and they weren't built for the playoffs. Then we played against a flawed Sixer team that star player limitations killed them against us and their superstar stamina just couldn't hold up as he burnt out. Milwaukee didn't take us serious for one game and after that, they pretty much dominated the series. It was a fluke. What's not a fluke is the talent. But outside of that 2nd half in a sped up season, we been playing this way for years. Are we improved from 2021 1st half, not at all. Trae is much better as is Collins defensively but offensively, Collins is the same. Capela's regression is noted. I do think benefited from the sped up season more than most like Jokic and Gobert. Cam is much more productive but his impact has regressed as has his role till recently outside of today. Hunter has been hurt. Okongwu improved but hurt. Gallo and Lou need to join Vince at ESPN/Bally's. Wright has been an upgrade over Rondo and Dieng over Bruno. Defense got worse as expected. We went from 1st half Trae/Cam/Hunter/JC/Capela to whatever the hell been doing. Offense got better. We had an excellent offense with Trae struggling, now he's been elite and we seen the offense go to new heights but we are somewhat one dimensional. We went from average offense/below average defense to elite offense/tragic defense and we are one dimensional this year, we wasn't even that last year. Based on the 1st half last year, this team looks similar. Maybe a tad better but not really. We put so much blame on LP and rightfully so. His pace was insane and it caused too many turnovers. Not enough passing, a lot of early shot clock jumpers, and we rarely ran clean sets. Nate changed things for the better. I just don't know if Nate is as good defense wise as LP. LP knew defense was king due to Trae. I think Nate sees offense as king due to Trae. I think both are right. Defense matters, you can't be worst than average and win defensively. But offense is how we will win a title if we do. This is going to be tough.
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    Trae had his worst game in awhile and LA still couldn't guard him if their life depended on it. It was nothing they can do. They couldn't stop him at all. A lot of his turnovers was simply due to trying to do too much as the others just didn't show up today.
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    For Atlanta to win, it will be from overwhelming offense. Trae is an one man machine offensively. He's elite a PnR playmaker and scorer. Elite floater. His shooting has gotten to elite levels. Trae's having one of the best offensive seasons in decades. We haven't seen someone with his offensive impact since LeBron. That said, like the mid 80s Bulls, you can stop the Bulls by stopping the engine. Even the f***ing Rockets beat us by committing to stop Trae in the 4th. This is how teams are beating us. Trae is an one man wrecking crew. He plays through bigs, that's what we need. What MJ needed was someone to get him the ball in good spots and do his dirty work. Trae needs a big who can score at will. Force the defense to gameplan for him so he can have full offensive control. We aren't that far, we really aren't. But aren't close. Our expected record before today's game was above .500. We aren't Charlotte where we lack personnel. I still don't think we figured out what works around Trae yet. Last year, we got lucky. Nate slowed us down. Teams struggled to shoot OPEN 3s against us and we had an excellent offense which caught teams off guard because before the Reddish/Hunter injuries, we weren't a good offense. It was very clunky, Cam's lack of shooting really hurt us. The bench was terrible like usual. Trae was actually bad for his expectations and was barely an impact. I just think when teams go to shut down Trae, we gotta have bigs who can make you pay.
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    Atlanta needs an elite big man. They don't need a wing or none of that shit. Trae don't play through wings anyway and he got no off ball skills so it's a waste of time.
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    As awful as Trae defense is, his offensive value is twice as much. The issue with Trae is his defense hurts our perimeter defenders and makes them worse than what they are. I don't think addressing defense is how you fix it because his offensive value is how you will win. You gotta get better offensive bigs, that's who he plays though.
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    We did play a lot more zone last year as well but we also had a great % against open 3s. We got lucky but the sped up NBA schedule last year played a major role.
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    We got lucky. We had one of the best % when it came to teams against open 3. This year, they are converting them. And I see why, when I watch the games, we always want the scrubs to shoot threes open but this year, they are making them. They wasn't in the 2nd half of last year. We need to go back to Cam/Hunter but offense struggled but a big part of that was Cam shooting like 25% from three and Trae was struggling for Trae typical level. With Cam and Hunter, we had an average % when it came to teams against open 3s but we didn't give up open threes much.
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    Naw, I watched the Rockets. They were good defensively, offensively, I see similarities. Both offenses can get off to cold starts and can stale late because it's an extreme heliocentric offense.
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    We also gotta remember, Trae didn't play well last year likely due the sped up schedule. Whereas this year, he's the best offensive player in the NBA. I do think the schedule had helped Trae but hurt us on defense A LOT.
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    I just address that, it wasn't really good, we gave up a lot of open threes. The sped up season played a role.
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    Five big differences from last year to this year 1. The sped up season was a nightmare on bigs across the league. I honestly think that's why Jokic had such an insane year as did Gobert and Capela. This year, the slow grind is back and teams are able to make a lot more adjustments and Capela has been getting adjusted to for it especially on offense. 2. Our starting offense is better and looks great across the board this year but when teams lock in, we can locked down. We have slow starts and poor finishes. That tells me, when we are in a flow, we are hard to stop but teams can take us out of it. 3. We were awful at transition defense last year as well as fast break defense but this year, it happens a lot more often. 4. When we went from the Cam/Hunter lineup to the Bogi/Kev in the 2nd half, we seen a boost on both ends but was it just fool's gold. I truly believe it was. A lot of things happened last year, like our 3pt defense was solid but we gave up a lot of open 3s. Could we just be seeing that maybe the sped up schedule, teams were more tired and stopping Trae is a team effort but with the normal season back again, guys have more legs therefore shooting is back to normal. When it was Cam and Hunter, we didn't give up many open 3s, our issues with them were the defense was still just below average and the offense was just average and at times above average. Then Bogi and Kev start, our defense goes to average and our offense went to excellent. The thing was, even when it was Snell/Bogi, Hill/Kev, no change. This year, with the exception of a small sample, it's been terrible defensively. I really think, we kinda got lucky last year. 5. The bench was terrible last year and it's worst defensively this year. Sadly, Gallo and Lou had a meeting this summer with father time. I feel like it's misfortune for the most part with the bench. Sometimes teams already hot and it's one thing when Trae is there but when he's off, that's a tough task.
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    I think we are the new Portland Trailblazers but better and worse
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    People talk about Ben Simmons, his defense will regress with Trae. Everyone defense does.
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    He is even worse off the ball than on the ball but he's awful against the PnR which forces you to play him off the ball. Man, Hunter and Reddish will be looked in a completely different light if they leave Atlanta. I think all wings we acquire will take a drop effectiveness due to Trae. Trae is for big men. If you a guard or wings forget about it.
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    His role. He got the corner boy treatment. This time it was to Trae and Kevin. Once Trae left, he was really didn't get much touches. Like I've said, touches especially quality touches matter in the NBA, he only has 2 quality touches and 7 altogether
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    Before tonight
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    Coaching

    NBASupes replied to JayBirdHawk's topic in Homecourt

    Fire Prunty
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    I honestly enjoyed the 10 day guys games more than this shit
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    I mean, this was like the Rockets game but LA was in control the entire game, not his a quarter. So f***ing embarrassing
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    This feels like that Miami lost last year that got LP fired. I dont know what needs to happen but something needs to happen
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    I didn't go to Michigan but I know a Hawks blogger who loves +/- who did
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    Bro! Cut it out, he's fine. It's all about his +/- man. That's what really counts! My Michigan education taught me that
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    I dont even think my boy NC would agree these are good turnovers because he's being aggressive.
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    But but +/- bro!
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